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Video purports to show ISIS gunmen executing 200 captives
Islamic State releases footage allegedly showing kids shot dead in firing squad after being made to lie face-down on the ground.
A gruesome new video has been making the rounds online on Monday, purporting to show Islamic State terrorists executing 200 captives in a firing squad. While many British newspapers reported the captives were children, The Independent quoted an expert saying the people being executed were soldiers and not children, and that the video was dated back to 2014.
The video shows the captives being made to lie face-down on the ground, with some ten gunmen standing in front of them, armed with guns and automatic rifles.
WARNING: The video contains graphic content.
In the beginning of the video, an ISIS gunman examines the captives one by one, shooting some of them from short-range. He is then joined by the other gunmen who open fire at the captives.
ISIS has released videos in the past showing the execution of children, but if these are indeed children, it would be the largest group to be executed in one time to date.
Estimates are that the video was filmed in Syria, but it is unclear when that was.
Ynet cannot confirm the veracity of this footage.
